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Salem district is that of Buddha and not a Hindu deity. The idol in the temple is currently being worshipped as Thalaivetti Muniappan. The High Court was hearing a plea by Buddha Trust, based in Salem, who had filed a petition in 2017 saying that the idol is of the Buddha. Taking cognisance of a report filed by the state archaeological department that a preliminary inspection has revealed that the statue of the Buddha, Justice N Anand Venkatesh has ruled that the idol is indeed originally that of the Buddha.
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published an article about an 11th-century comparative work named Veerasoliyam, codifying Tamil and Sanskrit Philology and Poetics is a clear indicator of the prominence given to Buddhism in Tamil scholarship. However the pan Saiva revival in Tamilagam in the second half of the second millennium and the Vaishnava resurgence coupled with the
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The Madras High Court was hearing a plea by the Buddha Trust in Salem, which said that the idol was originally that of the Buddha, but over time it was taken over and was worshipped as that of Thalaivetti Munniappan. The Madras High Court has declared that the statue of the main deity at a temple in
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Various scholarly works dating back to the 2nd century common era saw the birth of classical Tamil works composed by eminent Tamil poets with Buddhist philosophical themes and insights illustrate the impact that Buddhism had in the world of Tamil scholarship. One of the classical products of that
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For several centuries in the second millennium of the common era Buddhism among the Tamils in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka was neglected and virtually abandoned due to shifts in political patronage and the revivalism among non-Buddhist religions. According to A.J.V. Chandrakanthan who recently (2019)
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Vallipuram has very rich archaeological remains that point at an early settlement. It was probably an emporium in the first centuries AD. From already dated stones with which we compare this Vallipuram statue, we can conclude that it falls in the period 3-4 century AD. During that period, the
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Little contemporary biographical information on Bodhidharma is extant, and subsequent accounts became layered with legend. There are three principal sources for Bodhidharma's biography. None of them mentions specifically Tamil Nadu, only "the western regions" and "Souther India". See
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dates from this era. Buddhism disappeared from this city as of an unknown date but was revived as of the 9th century. (H.P.Ray, The Winds of Change, Delhi 1994, p. 142) In the 11th century,
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where all Asian vessels used it as a stopover point and the Buddhist and Hindu Stupas are just a resting and worshipping places for the sailors and international traders. .
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Ancient ruins of a 4th-5th-century Buddhist monastery, a Buddha statue, and a Buddhapada (footprint of the Buddha) were found in another section of the ancient city, now at
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patronized several religions amongst Tamils, including Saivism, Vaishnavism, and Buddhism. They built Buddhist temples known as "Perrumpallis". In the eleventh century the
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attained its limelight. The city served as the Pallava capital, and many of the known temples were built during their reign. According to Tamil tradition, the founder of
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Peter Schalk, Ālvāppillai Vēluppillai. Buddhism among Tamils in pre-colonial Tamilakam and Īlam: Prologue. The Pre-Pallava and the Pallava period, Page 157-159.
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Indrapala argued for a flourishing pre-Christian Buddhist civilization in Jaffna, in agreement with Paranavithana, and Mudliyar C. Rasanayakam,
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ushered in a new era of religious militancy that virtually eradicated Buddhism forever from the Tamil-speaking regions of the South of India.
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in some historical documents. There are number of Buddhist myths associated with the interactions of people of this historical place with
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as a strong Saiva Tamil principality and for their contributions to the upkeep of several shrines including the monumental Shiva
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for an extensive overview of possible origins, and the reliability of the sources provided for these possible origins.
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is found in the Burmese historical text of the 3rd century BCE and gives evidence of a Budha Vihar built by the
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was renovated and renamed by the Cholas as Rajarajaperumpalli after they conquered the
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in the 2nd century CE map of Ptolemy. Thiriyai formed a prominent village of Jaffna's
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was found in excavations below the Hindu temple. The language of the inscription is
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was built by the Javanese king Sri Vijaya Soolamanivarman with the patronage of
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served as a monastery for Tamil monks and reflect the rise in popularity of
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in the first few centuries of the common era before the revivalism of
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Nāgappaṭṭinam was a Buddhist centre of the 4th-5th century CE. Its
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Buddha statue built with Dravidian sculptural traditions from the
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Buddha seated in lotus position, 11th century, Tamil Nadu.
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had visited the place. It was during the reign of the
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was at the height of its power and its 17th monarch
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Buddhism in Jaffna

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summarize
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Tamils
Tamilakam
Sri Lanka
Nākappaṭṭinam
King Ashoka
Anuradhapura
Bhakti movement
Pallavanesvaram
stupa
Chudamani Vihara
Raja Raja Chola I
Naga Nadu
Kanchipuram
South India
Tamil
Sanskrit
Pali
Xuanzang
Gautama Buddha
Pallava dynasty
Kanchipuram
Zen
Bodhidharma

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